Ashley
The next morning came too quickly. I could still feel the weight of last night pressing against my chest like a stone that refused to move. I sat at the edge of my bed for a while before finally forcing myself up. My head felt heavy, my thoughts running back to Hayden and how he looked at me when I entered his room last night. It was cold, too cold. The warmth I had always known in his eyes was gone, replaced by something I could not name.
We went to school together, but it did not feel like it. We walked side by side, yet it was like an invisible wall separated us. We did not say a word to each other. Normally, he would tease me about how I walked too slowly or how I looked half-asleep in the morning. But today, there was nothing—not even a glance.
In class, I could not concentr
